Flesh & Blood: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0446677779 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Hoch, a master of the form, sets a mini-mystery in a club for the sexually adventurous in Paris in 1933. From Publishers Weekly Patterned after the long-running anthology series, Hot Blood, which Gelb cofounded, this collection offers 17 original tales and one "classic" that combine "hot passion and cold blood," as Collins describes it in his introduction. Stuart M. Despite some good efforts, too many of the stories offer plenty of sex or violence or both but seem forced and artificial as they wrestle with theme and form. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Donald Westlake's "The Girl of My Dreams," the collection's classic, is a high point. With some highly recognizable names
Sex and violence. Now acclaimed masters and rising stars of today's crime and mystery fiction offer erotic tales, luring you into the seductively dangerous realm of flesh and blood.. They go together like greed and blackmail, and jealousy and murder
"Non-Erotic Tales of Crime" according to Roger. I would have appropriately titled this book "Flesh and Blood: Tales of Crime" because that would have garnered 5 stars. I found little evidence of eroticism and passion in most of the stories, and when any hint of them would arise, it was short-lived. I enjoyed the tales overall, but was mislead. I then became frustrated reading tale after tale in search of what Max Collins had promised in the introduction. The anticipation of what to expect from the introduction, was in fact, the most exciting portion of the . Plenty of sex and violence A Customer This anthology centers on sex and violence. Most of the contributions are new stories that heat up the pages with torrid sex scenes. Although the authors are excellent writers, the basic flaw in this collection is that the short format does not lend itself to scorching bedroom scenes and a powerful mystery plot. FLESH AND BLOOD: EROTIC TALES OF CRIME AND PASSION contains well-written tales, but leans too heavily on the erotica at the expense of the mystery, leaving the audience to wonder who done it?Harriet Kl. EDITOR'S COMMENTS Jeff Gelb Mystery writer Max Allan Collins wrote many great stories for my earlier collections, Hot Blood, Shock Rock and Fear Itself. So he was a natural editorial partner for our new mystery anthology with an erotic twist, Flesh & Blood. We gathered together a powerhouse list of contributors who have delivered wonderfully sexy suspense stories. In fact, veteran thriller writer T. Jefferson Parker said, "Flesh & Blood is a wonderful addition to any mystery lover's bookcase. Kind of nasty, kind of grim, often funny and